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Mwathi spends one-third of his salary on food, one – quarter on rent, three – fifth of the remainder on transport and saves the rest. If he spends Kshs.1800 on transport, find how much money he saves.

asked Aug 16, 2021 in Mathematics Form 1 by anony mous

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In Blessed Church Choir the ratio of males to females is 2:3. On one Sunday service ten male members were absent and six new female members joined the choir as guests for the day. If on this day the ratio of males to females was 1:3, how many regular members does the choir have?

asked Aug 13, 2021 in Mathematics Form 1 by anonymous

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A trader sold a wrist watch for sh. 3,150 after giving a 10% discount. Find the marked price of the watch.

asked Aug 4, 2021 in Mathematics Form 1 by anonymous

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Three businessladies Wanjiku, Muthoni and Njoki decided to buy a lorry. The .marked price of the lorry was 2.8million shillings. The dealer agreed that the ladies could pay a deposit of 60% of the marked price and the rest to be paid within a year.The ladies raised the deposit in the ratio of 3:2:5 respectively. At the end of the year the lorry had realized 2.08million shillings which the three shared in the ratio of their contribution. However, they were required to contribute for the balance of the lorry from these earnings again in the ratio of their original contributions.

asked Aug 2, 2021 in Mathematics Form 1 by anony mous

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A man left 1/5 of his estate in Kerugoya to his wife and 1/3 to each of his two sons .The remainder was to be shared equally among his six brothers. If the estate was worth sh 3 456 000, how much did each of those people get?

asked Jul 30, 2021 in Mathematics Form 1 by anony mous

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The ratio of goats to cows in a farm is 2:5 while the ratio of sheeps to cows is 3:4. If there are 15 sheep, how many animals are there in farm?

asked Jul 21, 2021 in Mathematics Form 1 by anonymous

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